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energy use. now the u.s. is now predicted, the international energy agency, predicts the u.s. will be the, will be the number one producer of oil by 2020. it will also be probably close to the top in the producers of natural gas. this will give us the wealth and income, mike lindh mentioned -- lind, mentioned 1 1/2% of gdp, we have 16 to 20 years to make up for the short fall in, in social security and 4 to 5% in medicare. well, the explosion of a moving from a energy deficit to a energy surplus will more than half close that gdp gap. so, we have a economic conditions that suggest that the challenges we face are the exact opposite of what the bowles-simpson grand bargain would impose on us as a growth strategy. the conditions that we're going to face over the next five to eight years with some amelioration if we do the right things are an ongoing shortfall of both domestic and global demand, excess capital and labor and excess capacity in major, many major industries. overcapacity in many sectors of the world economy, a disattributetive inequality challenges caused by ongoing
energy use. now the u.s. is now predicted, the international energy agency, predicts the u.s. will be the, will be the number one producer of oil by 2020. it will also be probably close to the top in the producers of natural gas. this will give us the wealth and income, mike lindh mentioned -- lind, mentioned 1 1/2% of gdp, we have 16 to 20 years to make up for the short fall in, in social security and 4 to 5% in medicare. well, the explosion of a moving from a energy deficit to a energy...
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the one issue we need to face is resource costs and energy prices. that is not a question which is being driven by overuse at the moment, it's being driven by other factors. i'm not as optimistic as stephanie is about the long-term potential path, but is there a trade-off between what we should do to protect our elderly population and to provide adequate medical care to the whole poppation and what we should do to reconstruct our infrastructure and address energy and climate issues? no. we are underperforming on both fronts. >> but there's a -- it's not a budget tear trade-off, it's -- budgetary trade-off, as long as we think revenues can only be this high, then there's a fight among those priorities. we have to accept having higher revenues to pay for the things we want. that softens that trade-off. the entitlements are not, are not a drain on real resources, they're a transfer. but there is a question of public sector investment versus what's going on in the private sector. when we're at full capacity, we have that trade-off. but the issue is, um,
the one issue we need to face is resource costs and energy prices. that is not a question which is being driven by overuse at the moment, it's being driven by other factors. i'm not as optimistic as stephanie is about the long-term potential path, but is there a trade-off between what we should do to protect our elderly population and to provide adequate medical care to the whole poppation and what we should do to reconstruct our infrastructure and address energy and climate issues? no. we are...
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energy and semper u.s. gas and power, have invested over $800 million and employed 500 construction workers. those are impressive numbers wherever you might find them. but that's not all, mr. president. because once the project is done and operating, the local community should receive over $1 million annually in tax payments from the project, and there are some 200 properties owners who own the land under the turbines and they will receive a similar wament in royalty payments. that's real money for real americans all thanks to wind energy and the production tax credit. these are jobs and investments, mr. president, that are created here at home and they create good-paying jobs in kansas, they help the local economy, and they provide critical income to rural communities. and i have to say this is especially important as the drought takes a steep toll on farmers across the midwest this year. wind power, if you think about it, mr. president, is a cash crop that always ripens and always returns on the investmen
energy and semper u.s. gas and power, have invested over $800 million and employed 500 construction workers. those are impressive numbers wherever you might find them. but that's not all, mr. president. because once the project is done and operating, the local community should receive over $1 million annually in tax payments from the project, and there are some 200 properties owners who own the land under the turbines and they will receive a similar wament in royalty payments. that's real money...
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however, energy reach the target of having won council for everyone hundred 25 veterans served, they will need approximate 195 additional counselors in fy 2013 to accomplish this. additionally the independent budget is also recommending a staffing increase at the board of appeals. although the board is authorized a 544 full-time employees, it's adopted budget for fiscal year 2012 only supports 532. and for fiscal year 2013 the budget request further would reduce that number to 527. looking at the historical appeals rates and rising number of original compensation claims, they recommend that vba be provide sufficient funding for and authorized workforce of come in fiscal year 2013, of at least 585 full-time employee equipment. finally, be once again call on congress to enact legislation to finally end the in ecuador prohibition on concurrent receipt for all disabled veterans and eliminate the unfair offset between the survivors benefit plan and the dependence and indemnity compensation. ranking member burr, this concludes my statement. i would be happy to answer any questions? >> than
however, energy reach the target of having won council for everyone hundred 25 veterans served, they will need approximate 195 additional counselors in fy 2013 to accomplish this. additionally the independent budget is also recommending a staffing increase at the board of appeals. although the board is authorized a 544 full-time employees, it's adopted budget for fiscal year 2012 only supports 532. and for fiscal year 2013 the budget request further would reduce that number to 527. looking at...
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whether we can sustain the movement and energy that has accompany bed the epidemic -- accompanied the epidemic of obesity thus far remains to be seen, but the resources are there, and i hope increasingly, the political will is there. so i think i'll close, and we'll look forward to the discussion. >> thank you. [applause] so i have just a couple of questions, and then we want to open this up so it's very much of a dialogue. you both talked about the increasing collaborations between your agencies, and i wondered if you could both expand on that a little bit more and talk about what the impact has been on this synergy. >> i can begin by saying that i spent most of my career in state governments as the health and human service director in three states, been with the federal government for just under three years now. but the career people, the senior people that i work with on a daily basis all reflect to me that they have seen more cross the federal government interaction in this administration than over the life of their careers. and i can tell you that in the food nutrition area wheth
whether we can sustain the movement and energy that has accompany bed the epidemic -- accompanied the epidemic of obesity thus far remains to be seen, but the resources are there, and i hope increasingly, the political will is there. so i think i'll close, and we'll look forward to the discussion. >> thank you. [applause] so i have just a couple of questions, and then we want to open this up so it's very much of a dialogue. you both talked about the increasing collaborations between your...
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[applause] and the final point is on energy. my state has suffered through this administration's policies. you want to talk about ec porting jobs to other countries? we saw what his moratorium did. he said he wanted to bankrupt anybody that wanted to open a new coal facility in this country. instead of embracing clean coal, not only has he declared war on clean coal, he's declared war on shale, look at what the marcellus shale has done. lower natural gas, not only has that produced thousands of jobs in the exploration business, think about what that does for our steel industry, our fertilizer industries, our manufacturing base. if we have reliable, affordable energy, we can compete with anybody in the world. but if he continues to declare war on coal and these shale plays, we'll see even more jobs go to china and ore cubs. he was dub other countries. he was elected to create jobs in the united states, not china, russia or any ore country in the world. [applause] i want to close, i want to close on this. the president can't run o
[applause] and the final point is on energy. my state has suffered through this administration's policies. you want to talk about ec porting jobs to other countries? we saw what his moratorium did. he said he wanted to bankrupt anybody that wanted to open a new coal facility in this country. instead of embracing clean coal, not only has he declared war on clean coal, he's declared war on shale, look at what the marcellus shale has done. lower natural gas, not only has that produced thousands of...
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so all the kids parents were ph.d and scientists working on nuclear energy. around the world, so i realize early on there was a big world out there, and these people were really smart and i got a bad end of the gene pool. a lot of these people in school were really, really smart. i think we're 26 national merit finalists or, in my class but i certainly wasn't one of them. but i recognize that there are people that are really, really smart and can do things that other people can't do. so i had a good sense of that, as i got older and as i got in the business. >> you had an unconventional business background, among other points, involved you playing blackjack professionally in vegas so will your band. -- so well, you were banned. a lot of people talk about how playing blackjack displayed a business goes. bill gates, many people said his poker skills was part of his business acumen. is there something there in terms of cardplaying skills and success of business? >> i think is a pretty good foundation. i think it's just like, very similar to those of you who are
so all the kids parents were ph.d and scientists working on nuclear energy. around the world, so i realize early on there was a big world out there, and these people were really smart and i got a bad end of the gene pool. a lot of these people in school were really, really smart. i think we're 26 national merit finalists or, in my class but i certainly wasn't one of them. but i recognize that there are people that are really, really smart and can do things that other people can't do. so i had a...
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policies mean energy prices we can't afford. and the most succinct summation of the originalment was in the title of a book newt gingrich wrote in 2008. "drill here, drill now, pay less". well, on the surface that makes a lot of sense. that is the beauty of a well-crafted distortion. we're all taught that the price of something drops as supply increases, right? so it's, it makes sense but the problem is that this particular argument revolves just around the domestic oil industry and oil is a global commodity. the u.s. share of that isn't a controlling factor. it's the world market that influences prices. and we had said that lots of times as i'm sure all of you guys had in fact checks every time somebody brought this subject up. but the myth kept being repeated. so we had a science writer in our bureau named seth bornstein who was thinking about, how else could i get at this? how else could i demonstrate the fallacy here? he got together with a, one of our data guys, jack gilliam. and the two of them pulled all the information o
policies mean energy prices we can't afford. and the most succinct summation of the originalment was in the title of a book newt gingrich wrote in 2008. "drill here, drill now, pay less". well, on the surface that makes a lot of sense. that is the beauty of a well-crafted distortion. we're all taught that the price of something drops as supply increases, right? so it's, it makes sense but the problem is that this particular argument revolves just around the domestic oil industry and...
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from a modest wind energy investment to a top five state for projects under construction. from a wasteful use-it-or-lose-it water law doctrine, to preserving our most precious natural resource, fresh water. this state in transition will look less to what washington can do for kansas and more to what we can do for ourselves. [applause] that's a lot to accomplish. can we get it done? of course we can. a year ago we met here facing two enormous challenges, a stagnant economy with fewer kansans employed and a big budget deficit. many states across the country were struggling, but in 2010, kansas ranked among the worst in private sector job creation. working together, we acted. here are the results. we overhauled our state's economic development system, enacted modest tax relief, and sent word around the world that kansas is open for business. since january 2011, kansas has added more than 11,000 net private sector jobs in one year. [applause] on the budget, we faced a $500 million deficit, but we did not raise taxes. instead, we cut spending. clearly, the era of ever-expanding
from a modest wind energy investment to a top five state for projects under construction. from a wasteful use-it-or-lose-it water law doctrine, to preserving our most precious natural resource, fresh water. this state in transition will look less to what washington can do for kansas and more to what we can do for ourselves. [applause] that's a lot to accomplish. can we get it done? of course we can. a year ago we met here facing two enormous challenges, a stagnant economy with fewer kansans...
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you may have heard a lot about the solyndra energy project. the cost overruns on the f-35 project are more than ten times the money we lost on the solyndra energy project. so it's been a dramatic overrun in some of these major weapons systems. we then asked the department of defense how many contractors do you have working for you? not civilian employees in the department of defense or uniformed employees. how many do you have? and their answer to us was very candid: we don't know. we really don't. we hire these contractors. they hire people. we have no idea how many people are working for us. could be a million, could be three million. we're not sure. it raises the question in my mind if we can be safe as a country and still save some money in the department of defense. i think we can. i think we can. what i hear from the republican side of the aisle is keep your hands off the department of defense. i don't want to cut them and jeopardize our security or endanger our service men, but i do believe money can be saved there. how do we find ourse
you may have heard a lot about the solyndra energy project. the cost overruns on the f-35 project are more than ten times the money we lost on the solyndra energy project. so it's been a dramatic overrun in some of these major weapons systems. we then asked the department of defense how many contractors do you have working for you? not civilian employees in the department of defense or uniformed employees. how many do you have? and their answer to us was very candid: we don't know. we really...
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energy drinks target kids. with flashy ads and names, monster, rock star, five-hour energy drink. but there are serious concerns about the high levels of caffeine in these beverages and herbal ingredients that contain even additional caffeine. the f.d.a. -- this is the interesting thing. if you walk in, as i have, to an ordinary gas station, whether it's in new hampshire or in illinois, and you see the cooler there with the drinks in it, and then you'll see some others on counters, you might assume, well, they're all subject to the same level of regulation. but it's not true. if you're talking about ordinary beverages, sodas, they're characterized as food, and they are subject to certain limitations by the f.d.a. however, if you look at the fine print -- and you better look closely because it's very tiny, you may find this is being characterized and described as a diet taxpayer supplement. by changing, putting those two words on the label, they escape regulation. so we limit the caffeine in an ordinary soda pop, for example, a ceel, but when it comes to the dietary supplement side
energy drinks target kids. with flashy ads and names, monster, rock star, five-hour energy drink. but there are serious concerns about the high levels of caffeine in these beverages and herbal ingredients that contain even additional caffeine. the f.d.a. -- this is the interesting thing. if you walk in, as i have, to an ordinary gas station, whether it's in new hampshire or in illinois, and you see the cooler there with the drinks in it, and then you'll see some others on counters, you might...
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systemically important institutions, sifi, which would create a whole new regular oversight panel watching energy. and he said we don't know. we are not sure because the rules are still being written. so of course if you're in issues, you're going to say well, i'm not sure who i'm actually answering to. i'm not sure how many agencies are overseeing the. i'm not sure if i can be considered systemically important, a systemically important financial institution. and so i'm going to hold off with any expanding but i'm going to hold off hiring. i'm going to hold off allocating significant amounts of capital in terms of investment, in r&d, et cetera, until i have a clearer idea of where we are. so we are in disputed right now of waiting for dodd-frank to be, to be implemented at a time when companies are sitting on a record amount of cash they could be putting that money to work in the economy. but they are not because of the sort of uncertainties and unknowns out there. we need to really have the rules clearly stated. we need companies to understand what the rules are in order for them to operate in a
systemically important institutions, sifi, which would create a whole new regular oversight panel watching energy. and he said we don't know. we are not sure because the rules are still being written. so of course if you're in issues, you're going to say well, i'm not sure who i'm actually answering to. i'm not sure how many agencies are overseeing the. i'm not sure if i can be considered systemically important, a systemically important financial institution. and so i'm going to hold off with...
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the 123 agreement on civil nuclear energy. military transit arrangements in the common efforts in afghanistan. a visa agreement to promote by lateral business ties. a major trade deals and cooperation with russia on the iran sanctions. it includes the conclusion of negotiations to welcome russia into the world trade organization, goal that had been objective u.s. and russian administrations for nearly twenty years. we're working with congress to terminate the application of the jackson amendment for russia. lifting jackson, extending permit and normal trade relations with russia are not gifts to russia. rather they are in the fundamental interest of the united states to create jobs as well as ensure that u.s. firms will benefit from russia's wto market access commitments. we fail to graduate it we would be disadvantaging american companies relative to their competitors and other wto member states. we should not forget that in vice president's biden 2009 speech, first articulated the strategy that come to be known as the reset.
the 123 agreement on civil nuclear energy. military transit arrangements in the common efforts in afghanistan. a visa agreement to promote by lateral business ties. a major trade deals and cooperation with russia on the iran sanctions. it includes the conclusion of negotiations to welcome russia into the world trade organization, goal that had been objective u.s. and russian administrations for nearly twenty years. we're working with congress to terminate the application of the jackson...
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delegation will take with it to dubai and will seek, of course, all of our energy to support. now, in terms of what we've seen so far in terms of proposals coming in to the international telecommunications regulations, um, let me put into context those proposals and then explain a little bit about the process. there has been an itu council of 48 countries that manage and govern the itu. that council worked a council working group. they've been preparing for this conference over about two years and about eight meetings. that council working group will send to the conference a report. the report will contain all of the possible options that have been discussed during this period as to how they could, how there could be revisions of the itrs. so nine pages of actual text today has grown to 70 pages, and if you include all the options that will go forward to the conference. and then as a first date, august 3rd, governments are expected to send in their first tranche of proposals for the conference itself. we will begin to see, i think, in very real terms what will be the parameter
delegation will take with it to dubai and will seek, of course, all of our energy to support. now, in terms of what we've seen so far in terms of proposals coming in to the international telecommunications regulations, um, let me put into context those proposals and then explain a little bit about the process. there has been an itu council of 48 countries that manage and govern the itu. that council worked a council working group. they've been preparing for this conference over about two years...